Madhur Bhandarkar

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Madhur Bhandarkar, born in a Maharashtrian Saraswat Brahmin family, is an Indian film director.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

Bhandarkar was a former assistant to Ram Gopal Varma but he made his directorial debut with Trishakti in 1999. The film had a relatively low key cast and was largely ignored at the box office. After two years he directed Chandni Bar (2001) starring Tabu and Atul Kulkarni. The film was a critically acclaimed hit.

This was followed by the flops Satta (2003) and Aan: Men at Work (2004). Bhandarkar roped in Konkona Sen Sharma for his next film Page 3 (2005). The film did well at the box office, was favoured by the critics, and received National Awards too. His latest release is Corporate (2006).The most latest film is Traffic Signal (2007) which has again been praised by the critics. Madhur bhandarkar is always known for his socially relevant and hardhitting films.

[edit] Personal

Bhandarkar married his girlfriend Renu Namboodiri-Bhandarkar on December 15, 2003 in Mumbai. They now have a daughter named Siddhi and mother.Madhur is the life member of International film and Television Research Centre of Asian Academy of Film & Television,Noida.

[edit] Directorial style

In most of his films Bhandarkar has made the female the main protagonist. This has been seen in four of his films: Tabu in Chandni Bar, Raveena Tandon in Satta, Konkona Sen Sharma in Page 3 and Bipasha Basu in Corporate.

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[edit] Director

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